Phrase guide

Oriental studies

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Qualifier: humanities

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

the scholarly knowledge of Asian cultures and languages and people

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Orientalism

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: humanistic discipline, humanities, liberal arts, arts

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: اِسْتِشْراق (istišrāq) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Armenian: արեւելագիտություն (arewelagitutʻyun) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Azerbaijani: şərqşünaslıq — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Belarusian: усходазна́ўства (usxodaznáwstva) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Belarusian: арыенталі́стыка (aryjentalístyka) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東方學 /东方学 (dōngfāngxué) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東方研究 /东方研究 (dōngfāng yánjiū) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Czech: orientalistika — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Dutch: oriëntalistiek — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Finnish: orientalistiikka — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Finnish: itämaiden tutkimus — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • French: orientalisme — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • French: orientologie — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • French: orientalistique — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Georgian: აღმოსავლეთმცოდნეობა (aɣmosavletmcodneoba) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Georgian: ორიენტალისტიკა (orienṭalisṭiḳa) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • German: Orientalistik — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Hungarian: orientalisztika — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Japanese: 東洋学 (tōyōgaku) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Japanese: 東方学 (tōhōgaku) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Japanese: アジア学 (ajiagaku) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Kazakh: шығыстану (şyğystanu) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Korean: 동양학 (dong'yanghak) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Persian: شرقشناسی (šarq-šenâsi) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Polish: orientalistyka — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Russian: востокове́дение (vostokovédenije) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Russian: ориентали́стика (orijentalístika) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Swedish: orientalistik — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Swedish: mellanösternstudier — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Tajik: шарқшиносӣ (šarqšinosi) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Ukrainian: сходозна́вство (sxodoznávstvo) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Ukrainian: східнозна́вство (sxidnoznávstvo) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Ukrainian: орієнталі́стика (orijentalístyka) — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Uzbek: sharqshunoslik — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology
  • Vietnamese: đông phương học — an academic field of study that embraces Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, peoples, history and archaeology